Holy pilgrimage

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Title: Holy pilgrimage
Creator: Marinovich, Greg
Subject: Shembe Church ; Zulu (African people)--Religion, Marinovich african spirituality
Description: Nhlangakazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Church leaders and Vangeli or evangelists carry the 'Ark of the Covenant' and objects that belonged to the founder and lead 100,000 pilgrims start a three day barefoot walk from the headquarters of the Nazareth Baptist Church, or Shembe. Shembe is a staunchly traditionalist Zulu cult that was founded in 1913 by Isaiah Shembe after a vision. Their beliefs are a mix of Old and New Testament and the ancestral veneration of traditional Zulu culture.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Format: Image, Documentary photography, Image/jpeg, Black and white photograph ; Photograph, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:7386
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Rights: Copyright held by the photographer, Greg Marinovich. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph. http://www.specialcollections.uct.ac.za/photographs-and-images